What was Winne/Itasca thinking, lousy C/B ant mt.
Gents,
The use of C/B radios is not all that important to many of you. But, there are quite a few that still use them from time to time, for various reasons. I'm one of them. Our coach, an '04 Itasca Horizon, 36GD with the C-7 330HP CAT, came with a factory mounted C/B antenna. The coach was/is plumbed for the total wiring package for any C/B radio of your choice.
But, I don't know WHO, IN THEIR RIGHT MIND, designed the C/B antenna mount for that era Winne and Itasca. Without a doubt, it is the dumbest design and installation practice I've ever seen. To those of you that know it, you know what I'm talking about. To those that don't, It's simply ultra poor quality, based on Winnes and Itascas reputation for quality coaches, components and ideas.
Basically, I don't even know how it's mounted. You see, I can't really tell. When you look at the pictures below, you don't see any outside component for securing the antenna base, NOTHING!! And, based on its position which, is basically directly over the drivers head, in the roof, is nothing short of impossible to get and service, repair, alter and more.
So, when you try and install anything other than the factory antenna which, may or may not be there, depending on how the coach was optioned out or, it may have been there but, disappeared in the wind, on some trip someplace and the owner(s) never knew when it happened.
Anyway, enough blabbing about how bad it was designed. I decided to "enhance" it's mount, from the outside of the coach, so I could securely mount my short, 24" Firestick antenna, with a flex spring. I won't go into all the details but, suffice to say, it, (the original mounting) is 10 times stronger and more stabile, than the factory one ever was. Take a look and see what you think.
Scott
The use of C/B radios is not all that important to many of you. But, there are quite a few that still use them from time to time, for various reasons. I'm one of them. Our coach, an '04 Itasca Horizon, 36GD with the C-7 330HP CAT, came with a factory mounted C/B antenna. The coach was/is plumbed for the total wiring package for any C/B radio of your choice.
But, I don't know WHO, IN THEIR RIGHT MIND, designed the C/B antenna mount for that era Winne and Itasca. Without a doubt, it is the dumbest design and installation practice I've ever seen. To those of you that know it, you know what I'm talking about. To those that don't, It's simply ultra poor quality, based on Winnes and Itascas reputation for quality coaches, components and ideas.
Basically, I don't even know how it's mounted. You see, I can't really tell. When you look at the pictures below, you don't see any outside component for securing the antenna base, NOTHING!! And, based on its position which, is basically directly over the drivers head, in the roof, is nothing short of impossible to get and service, repair, alter and more.
So, when you try and install anything other than the factory antenna which, may or may not be there, depending on how the coach was optioned out or, it may have been there but, disappeared in the wind, on some trip someplace and the owner(s) never knew when it happened.
Anyway, enough blabbing about how bad it was designed. I decided to "enhance" it's mount, from the outside of the coach, so I could securely mount my short, 24" Firestick antenna, with a flex spring. I won't go into all the details but, suffice to say, it, (the original mounting) is 10 times stronger and more stabile, than the factory one ever was. Take a look and see what you think.
Scott
